Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - April 21, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba Was free ride at meter a police violation by Ron Campbell motorists who parked at downtown meters and wondered Why their cars weren t tagged yesterday when they overstayed the time limit can thank inspector d. A. Hicks of the Winnipeg police department. But councillor Abe Yanofsky chair Man of the civic finance committee thinks Hicks May have exceeded his authority in giving the Public the one Day break from the Pesky parking tickets. It seems to me he May have taken on More authority than he s entitled Yanofsky said. It s not a Yanofsky said. Ill bring it up at the next finance committee to clarify policy in similar future situations he said. In fact yesterday easter Mon Day a Holiday for civil servants working for the municipal provincial and Federal governments. But for most workers in the private sector it was business As usual. Yester Day was t a general Public Holiday a time when the City s parking meter bylaw is not enforced. Since government workers got the Day off however a lot of people May go Uptown thinking it s a Hicks said. The parking meter situation presented a Legal Grey area he said and he decided to give the Public the Benefit of the doubt. He told his sergeant to instruct the commission Aires not to tag meter Vio. Gators until noon. If a senior officer came in and objected the policy would have been reversed in the afternoon Hicks said. Hicks said he expects to hear from police chief Ken Johnston today. The chief was among those who had the Day off yesterday. I m the officer in charge when he s not Hicks said. Commission Aires were tagging other parking offences under the bylaw As usual As they made their 9 . To 5 . Rounds the inspector said. As for the loss to the civic Treasury Hicks said i think the City can live without the Money for a single since the no tag policy was not announced in Advance i think most people would feed the meters because they did t know about it. Don t go to the police station looking for a refund if you feel ripped off however. You won t get your meter Money Back Hicks said. Yanofsky you got to think like a Cloudy tonight 4 sunny tomorrow 17 tuesday april vol 109 no 119 free press Sun rises . Sets . Moon rises . Sets . Final for Home delivery 957-0550 or 942-2161 classified 956-2330 Alcan Hydro forging plans for smelter by Cecil Rosner the aluminium company of Canada has decided to immediately launch a 55 million feasibility study to determine whether it will build a plus smelter within commuting Dis Tance of Winnipeg. In a of intent signed by Alcan officials and the provincial government yesterday the province agreed to give the company minority undivided ownership interest in a Manitoba Hydro generating station along with water rights for 35 years if agreement is reached to build the smelter. The agreement would make Alcan the biggest consumer of hydroelectric Power in Manitoba and the Only private company to own a piece of the Crown corporation. Ira protester near coma Belfast a Ira hunger striker Bobby Sands was reported today about to go into a coma in Belfast s Maze prison As Young roman catholics rioted in Londonderry on yesterday for the sixth night. Sands 27, was in the 52nd Day of a fast demanding political status for jailed members of the Irish Republican army. Government officials said he was growing progressively weaker and his family said he could no longer keep water Down and was about to lose consciousness. John d Connell a doctor who with two other members of the Irish Republic s parliament visited Sands on Mon Day estimated that he had five to six Days to live. O Connell said a prison doctor told him the starving Man was in danger of a cardiac arrest. Another visitor said although Sands was suffering from headaches and fail ing eyesight he was Lucid and Resolute. I got the impression that or. Sands was determined to said o con Nell. But the British government also was Adamant. Refuses to negotiate the government will neither negotiate with the prisoners nor concede to the principle of political said David Mitchell a spokesman for the Northern Ireland office. As Sands condition worsened in the Hospital Wing of the Maze his sup porters set vehicles ablaze built Street barricades and threw bombs at police in Belfast. Meanwhile for the sixth night they pelted police and British troops with stones bottles and gasoline bombs in Londonderry Northern ire land s second largest City and a Strong hold of roman catholicism in a prov Ince where they Are outnumbered two to one by protestants. Catholic leaders appealed for Calm in Londonderry where on sunday night two 18-year-old rioters were killed when they were run Down by a British see Ira Page 4 Alcan president and chief executive officer Patrick Rich said yesterday the agreement to give the company part ownership of a Hydro Plant was a prerequisite in discussions to build the smelter. Securing a Long term Sta ble and Cost effective source of hydroelectric Power the most essential component in a smelter operation will offset the disadvantages of locating a Plant so far Inland he said. He also noted the political stability Here was a favourable Factor for the company which has employees and wide ranging corporate activities worldwide. A final decision on whether to build the Plant which would produce tonnes of aluminium annually will not be made for another year or so. The letter of intent Calls for the two parties to reach an agreement by july 1982. Although Alcan will pay for and own a portion of a Hydro Plant it will be charged for water rights and Power transmission at rates yet to be negotiated. To consume 10 per cent it will need kilowatts of firm Power 24 hours a Day which represents about 10 per cent of the province s current installed Power capacity. Rich did not Rule out the possibility that Alcan would want a company representative on the government appointed Hydro Board. He said it May be an item for discussion in further negotiations but added he did not consider it a fundamental Factor in the agree ment. This is a major step Forward in this government s program to broaden the Industrial base of the province and provide More opportunities for Manito Energy minister Don Craik told the legislature yesterday. Alcan was so heartened by the re sults of its initial feasibility study that it decided to go ahead with the Multi million Dollar study he said. Craik said legislative changes will be required to the Hydro act and the water Power act before Alcan can become a joint partner with the govern ment in a hydroelectric station. Will keep costs Down the injection of capital by Alcan into Northern Hydro construction will help keep Power costs Down for Manitoba Consumers he said. Construction of the billion Lime Stone generating Plant would begin almost immediately after a agree ment to build the smelter is reached Craik said. Additional plants on the Nelson River would be needed soon afterwards if the proposed Western Power Grid also came into effect. The proposed smelter would take about four years to build involving an average of 600 construction jobs per year. Once completed the smelter would have about 700 full time employees and would operate on a 24-hour basis. The exact site has not been deter mined but it will be within commuting distance or about 80 Kilometres from Winnipeg. Rich said it will require about 200 acres with an additional six Kilometre environmental Buffer the company will not consider using prime farm land and the smelter will incorporate state of the Art inter Nal and external environment control he said. See Alcan Page 4 sets Marathon record Japan s Toshihiko Soko Breaks the tape and sprints across the finish line at the 85th annual Boston Marathon yesterday. In placing first seko also set a Marathon record covering the 26.3-mile run in two hours nine minutes and 26 waste disposal network urged chemical collection treatment system recommended for Western Canada by Ritchie Gage an engineering consulting firm has recommended the establishment of a million Crown corporation to run a comprehensive chemical waste disposal network in Western Canada. In a report to be released today the firm has recommended a major treat ment Plant in Southern Alberta and smaller plants in each province to handle Normal chemical waste. The report is the third volume in a three year study by Reid Crowther and partners for the Federal government the four Western prov inces Ontario and the Yukon and Northwest territories. Criticizes present systems it confirms that current waste disposal systems in Western Canada Are inadequate poorly regulated and not subject to comprehensive monitoring. The report which says 56 alternative methods of gathering chemical wastes were considered recommends the Crown corporation be financed by the provinces and territories and run col Lection centres under provincial Moni Toring. It also proposes treatment plants in All provinces with a major High temperature incinerator in Alberta to Deal with hard to destroy chemicals such As poly chlorinated biphenyl pcs and the High volume of Petroleum waste in Alberta. Northern Ontario would ship its wastes to Manitoba s collection Point. Companies should be responsible for delivery of wastes to the collection stations under the direction of a Region Al waste management system the re port suggests. The plan would include legislation to licence waste haulers provide penalties for improper disposal and establish a waste tracking system. The report recommends All transportation Between the collection stations and the regional treatment plants be the responsibility of the Corpora Tion. As Well it recommends Manda tory recycling of specific wastes when economically feasible. Manitoba environment minister Gary Filmon has left Manitoba s options open on the plan. Reacting to the study today Filmon said in a statement the regional plan has Merit but Manitoba could opt for its own system based on Cost. He said lie wants to Confer with corporations and municipalities on the report. There Are no locations for waste gathering depots listed in the study but generally there would be at least one satellite station on either Side of a Large collection area near Winnipeg. The study recommends a Board be established to choose Sites for collection centres. It says Sites for the centres should be considered in stages with full Public participation. Natives oppose rights charter by Michael Doyle Winnipeg free press Ottawa As the constitutional Battle enters its final three Days of debate today prime minister Trudeau can count on almost no support among indians Metis and inuit for his charter of rights and freedoms. D the native Council of Canada with its 1 million members in Manitoba said yesterday it will oppose the charter unless key changes Are made. D the National Indian brotherhood representing status indians has withdrawn its support. D the inuit Tapir sat of Canada rep resenting eskimos in the North West territories Quebec and Labrador is still holding to an agreement to support the charter. But it is deeply upset because the amending formula does not require agreement from aboriginal Peoples for changes in the Constitution. Talks go into the commons is to consider today an amendment strengthening aboriginal rights that was forced out at the Federal liberals by the new democrats who sought that measure and provincial resources ownership clauses As their Price for support of the Trudeau pack age. Harry Daniels native Council of Canada president said yesterday the amendment is very Bland very Ane Mic and will not be supported unless it is further improved. Calling Canada a racist country Daniels demanded clauses be added to the proposed charter of human rights to clearly state that aboriginal rights take priority Over Federal and provincial Laws and that native Peoples can seek court action if they feel their constitutional rights Are being violated. Native Peoples should also be Given a veto on constitutional changes affecting see indians Page 4 upset in works in one week the new York rangers have gone from also rans to the threshold of upsetting St. Louis . Goofed an american historian claims the . 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